Dr. Francisco Javier Alvarez M.D.
Hospitalist
1531 Esplanade Chico CA, 95926About
Dr. Francisco Alvarez is a hospitalist practicing in Chico, CA. Dr. Alvarez specializes in the comprehensive medical care of hospitalized patients. As a hospitalist, Dr. Alvarez manages the clinical problems of hospitalized patients and the acutely ill, while working to improve the performance of the hospital. Dr. Alvarez works in collaboration with all of the different doctors that are working with the patient. Hospitalists are involved in the diagnosis, treatment and medical procedures of patients.
Education and Training
Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine 2001
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Do Spanish patients drink alcohol while undergoing treatment with benzodiazepines?
- Alcohol, illicit drugs and medicinal drugs in fatally injured drivers in Spain between 1991 and 2000.
- Spain: youth, leisure, and alcohol consumption.
- Drinking habits throughout the seasons of the year in the Spanish population.
- Current initiatives in drug abuse research in Spain.
- [Are we making proper use of vancomcycin in clinical practice?].
- Buprenorphine prescription and the increased relative cost.
- Road traffic accidents among alcohol-dependent patients: the effect of treatment.
- Warfarin, medicinal drugs and road traffic accidents.
- [Prevalence of positive prick-test to latex in the surgical population].
- Assessment of fitness to drive and cardiovascular diseases at the Spanish medical traffic centres.
- Older drivers, medical condition, medical impairment and crash risk.
- Patients treated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and fitness to drive assessment in clinical practice in Spain at the medical traffic centers.
- [Effects of simvastatin on acute-phase protein levels after cardiac surgery].
- [Alcohol-related mortality and premature death in Spain between 1999 and 2004].
Treatments
- Pancreatitis
- Heart Disease
- Vascular Disease
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